Crossings: Tolls

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport who is responsible for setting the charges for  (a) the Severn Crossing,  (b) the Dartford Crossing and  (c) the Humber Crossing.

Sadiq Khan: For the Severn Crossing, Severn River Crossing plc is responsible for setting the toll charges. The Severn Bridge Act 1992 sets out the formula to increase toll charges in line with RPI. Under this Act the Secretary of State for Transport is required to make an Order in December each year—fixing the toll amounts for the following calendar year.
	For the Dartford Crossing, Le Crossing Company Ltd (who operate the tunnel) are responsible for setting the road user charge. The Secretary of State for Transport is responsible for approving this using powers under the Transport Act 2000.
	For the Humber Bridge, the Humber Bridge Board is responsible for setting the toll charges. Under the Humber Bridge Act 1971, the Secretary of State for Transport is responsible for approving any proposals for toll increases submitted by the Board.

Speed Limits: Schools

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will encourage local highway authorities to adopt variable speed limits on roads past schools.

Paul Clark: Local highways authorities already have powers to introduce variable 20 mph speed limits on roads outside schools if they believe it appropriate to do so.
	The Department for Transport guidance on setting local speed limits recommends local highways authorities consider introducing 20 mph speed limits, variable 20 mph speed limits and 20 mph zones in residential areas. This view is reinforced in the document "A Safer Way: Consultation on Making Britain's Roads the Safest in the World" published in April 2009.
	However, there are cost implications related to signing variable speed limits in accordance with regulations.
	The Department is working with several local highway authorities to trial more cost effective signing which, if successful will enable all local highway authorities to more easily introduce variable 20 mph speed limits outside schools.

Waste and Resources Action Programme

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what  (a) remuneration and  (b) pension entitlement is provided for each board member of the Waste and Resources Action Programme.

Dan Norris: This information is provided in the Waste and Resources Action Programme's Annual Report and Accounts; the latest copy of which is available on its website.

Water Charges

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of average level of domestic water rates in each region in each of the last 10 years.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The following table sets out the average water bill for each company in England and Wales for the past 10 years.
	
		
			  Average water and sewerage bill in 2009-10 prices 
			  £ 
			   2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  2009-10 
			  Water and sewerage companies   
			 Anglian 330 328 328 332 335 352 363 381 387 393 
			 Dwr Cymru 345 342 344 338 339 365 377 390 399 404 
			 North West 292 282 285 293 317 325 344 361 369 377 
			 Northumbrian (incl. Essex and Suffolk)   
			 Northumbrian 257 252 250 251 275 289 296 302 300 298 
			 Essex and Suffolk 138 138 138 138 152 161 164 170 169 168 
			 Severn Trent 258 257 253 258 263 283 294 297 299 305 
			 South West 404 392 408 406 431 455 484 506 499 489 
			 Southern 307 303 302 305 303 336 349 353 361 370 
			 Thames 246 248 247 246 247 286 291 299 297 295 
			 Wessex 313 306 306 319 332 359 375 395 405 413 
			 Yorkshire (incl. York) 272 271 271 280 288 302 314 319 327 330 
			 Yorkshire 272 272 272 (1)— — — — — — — 
			 York 116 112 112 — — — — — — — 
			
			  Water only companies   
			 Bournemouth and West Hampshire 128 123 122 125 130 144 146 146 142 136 
			 Bristol 131 132 133 133 129 147 149 152 156 157 
			 Cambridge 116 116 113 110 109 121 120 123 116 116 
			 Dee Valley 138 134 130 129 126 131 127 124 130 130 
			 Folkestone and Dover 152 153 160 165 168 174 181 187 188 182 
			 Mid Kent 149 153 156 158 154 168 163 164 163 171 
			 Portsmouth 96 94 93 92 91 91 90 91 92 92 
			 South East 152 156 153 153 154 179 166 173 169 169 
			 South Staffs 111 109 107 106 107 116 120 122 123 123 
			 Sutton and East Surrey 149 150 154 150 151 167 169 169 164 161 
			 Tendring Hundred 170 174 178 186 189 190 183 172 178 176 
			 Three Valleys (incl. North Surrey) 136 137 138 138 141 158 157 160 166 166 
			 Three Valleys 137 138 139 (1)— — — — — — — 
			 North Surrey 132 129 132 — — — — — — — 
			 (1) Companies merged. Only submitted one principle statement

Domestic Violence: Victim Support Schemes

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many centres for victims of domestic violence have opened in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

Paul Goggins: There are 12 refuges for victims of domestic violence throughout Northern Ireland. These are managed by the Women's Aid Federation for Northern Ireland and are funded by the Department for Social Development (DSD) through the "Supporting People" initiative. In addition DSD fund the "Sanctuary Scheme" which provides security measures for women who wish to remain in their current home.
	While none of these refuges opened in the last 12 months, I announced in December 2008 a capital investment of £350,000 to resource the final phase of refurbishment to the Women's Resource Centre (The Naomi Centre) in Ballymena. This centre will provide services to more than 2,000 victims and their families every year and was officially opened on 30 June.
	Government also fund a 24-hour freephone Domestic Violence Helpline (managed by Women's Aid) for all victims of domestic violence. Respect who provide a phone line for perpetrators wishing to change their behaviour, also receive Government funding for this service.
	Government are also committed to introducing Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) throughout Northern Ireland by autumn this year.

National Skills Academies: Thurrock

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary or State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the contribution of the proposed National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills in Thurrock to the London 2012 Olympic events including training and technical support; and if he will make a statement.

Si�n Simon: holding answer 29 June 2009
	The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has had no discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills regarding the Creative and Cultural National Skills Academy (NSA).
	London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games' Culture and Ceremonies teams have had informal discussions with the NSA as part of the organising committee's initial work on workforce needs for 2012, but no decisions have been made on the academy's involvement.
	However, the NSA offers a great opportunity to engage with Olympic events as a training and technical support venue for the opening, closing and medal ceremonies. Regional involvement in the development of a cultural Olympic legacy is paramount to raising the aspirations for young people in the region.

Aircraft Carriers

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the planned Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers will be based at HM Naval Base Faslane.

Quentin Davies: Neither of the two aircraft carriers in the Queen Elizabeth Class will be base ported at Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. As the then Minister for Armed Forces, the right hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Mr. Ingram) announced on 2 July 2002,  Official Report, column 232W, both aircraft carriers are to be based at HMNB Portsmouth.

Demos

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos.

Kevan Jones: Information held centrally indicates that the Ministry of Defence has no current contracts with the think tank Demos.

Departmental Billing

Mark Oaten: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many days on average  (a) her Office and  (b) the Government Olympic Executive has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008.

Tessa Jowell: holding answer 2 July 2009
	Data on the time taken to pay invoices is recorded in terms of the proportions paid within 10 days and 30 days. The figures for the Government Olympic Executive for November 2008 to May 2009 (latest available) are given in the following table.
	
		
			   Total number of invoices  Number paid within 30 days  Percentage  Number paid within 10 days  Percentage 
			 November 2008 55 54 98 43 78 
			 December 2008 63 63 100 54 86 
			 January 2009 63 63 100 55 87 
			 February 2009 54 54 100 53 98 
			 March 2009 71 71 100 68 96 
			 April 2009 81 80 99 73 90 
			 May 2009 56 56 100 54 96 
		
	
	Invoices submitted to my Office as Minister for the Olympics are processed by the Government Olympic Executive and are, therefore, included in the figures given here.
	The Executive complies with the Government's policy of paying its suppliers as soon as possible, and from 1 December 2008, aims to achieve all payments within 10 days.

Olympic Games 2012: Ashford Kent

Damian Green: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her latest assessment is of the legacy for Ashford constituency for the London 2012 Olympics Games; and if she will make a statement.

Tessa Jowell: I was delighted to award Kent county council (KCC) a Beacon Award for its work on Olympic and Paralympic legacy earlier this year. This award recognised the council's clear vision and determined approach to games legacy and its programme of bespoke 2012 projects across the county, and Ashford is part of the supporting county partnership.
	The Kent Co-ordinating Group for the 2012 games, on which Ashford borough council is represented, plays a key role in this partnership and aims to derive the maximum benefits from the games for the county. It has set up nine task groups to co-ordinate action across Kent on: arts; communications and media; economic development and regeneration; schools and young people; sport; tourism; transport; and volunteering.
	Kent has already made good progress with its Olympic and Paralympic legacy in these areas through initiatives such as the Kent School Games which in 2008 had 30,000 participants from over 500 schools including those in Ashford. In terms of Paralympic legacy, KCC has increased its disability sport associate officers network to cover 15 of the 19 summer Paralympics sports and two of the four winter sports. Kent also has the highest sign up in the South East (SE) of England for the Get Set School Programme and businesses registered for Competefor, the London 2012 brokerage system. Steps have also been taken to raise awareness of the importance of tourism, leisure and hospitality businesses to the Kent economy in the lead up to the games through initiatives such as the third successful 'Kent's Big Day Out' event to be held each year in the run up to the games. This year's event held on 28 March 2009 saw over 17,000 vouchers offered to participants for free entry to 143 venues across the county including in Ashford.
	It is also pleasing to see that there are a broad range of initiatives and programmes across the SE associated with building a legacy from the games. The SE currently has nine projects that have been awarded the Inspire Mark of which four are in Kent. There were around 70 events held in the SE during Open Weekend which launched the Cultural Olympiad in September 2008, of which, around 10 were in Kent. To celebrate London officially becoming host to the 2012 games handover events were held in the SE on 24 August 2008. Ashford played a significant role in these celebrations hosting a Free Swim day to mark the raising of the Olympic Handover Flag.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold discussions with the UN Secretary-General on his recent visit to Burma, with particular reference to the continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ivan Lewis: Both my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary discuss Burma regularly with the UN Secretary-General. The Prime Minister most recently spoke to Ban Ki-Moon on 21 June 2009, prior to his visit to Burma and they may speak again at the G8 summit. The Foreign Secretary is seeking to identify an early opportunity to speak to the UN Secretary-General about the visit, and the continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Departmental Manpower

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of his Department's staff deployed in each region of Iraq  (a) have been trained in each year since 2003 and  (b) are being trained in each local Iraqi language.

Chris Bryant: Since 2004, 58 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff have studied Modern Standard Arabic and one Sorani Kurdish before being deployed in Iraq. Currently mere are eight staff studying Modern Standard Arabic who are due to be deployed to Iraq later this year or next. Since 2004, 323 FCO civil servants have been deployed to Iraq. There are currently 35 staff there.
	We only started to hold management information about language skills centrally in 2004. Our system records those who have passed exams on completion of language courses funded by the FCO, so may not include those who did not take an examination, those whose acquisition of the language was not the result of class-based instruction, or whose studies were not funded by the FCO.

Embassy Closures

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bournemouth, East of 6 February 2007,  Official Report, column 821W, on embassy closures, which  (a) UK High Commissions and Embassies and  (b) other UK diplomatic posts have closed in each year since 2007.

Chris Bryant: holding answer 3 July 2009
	Since 2007, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has closed three high commission offices in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (in 2007); St. John's, Antigua and St. George's, Grenada (both in 2008). Our high commissioner in Barbados remains accredited to all three countries.
	The FCO has also closed its consulate in Nagoya, Japan (in 2007) and its trade office in Aleppo, Syria (also 2007). The British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei closed its Southern Taiwan office in Kaohsiung in April 2009.
	During the same period, the FCO has opened embassy offices in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo; Juba, Sudan; and a British Interests Section in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
	The FCO continuously reviews the deployment of its resources and aligns them flexibly in line with UK interests to the benefit of the British taxpayer.

Pakistan: Females

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the sexual abuse of women in Pakistan.

Ivan Lewis: My hon. Friend, the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Gillian Merron, visited Pakistan in February 2009 and met Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's former Minister for Women. She raised concerns about violence against women in the face of growing violent extremism in Pakistan and also expressed UK support to help the Government of Pakistan counter the impact of violent extremism on women's rights. Additionally, she stressed the need to take forward the recommendations made by the EU Election Observation Mission in 2008 to promote women's participation in Pakistan's parliament and public life.
	Our high commission in Islamabad works closely with the EU Special Representative and Human Rights Working Group of the EU member states in Pakistan to promote women's rights in Pakistan. With the EU, we have issued biannual demarches calling on the Government of Pakistan to review discriminatory legislation and fully implement its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
	Our high commission also supports programme and project work designed to strengthen the capacity of civil society to promote women's rights, help the Government of Pakistan achieve the Millennium Development Goals and take forward the recommendations made by the EU Election Observation Mission after Pakistan's elections in February 2008.

Terrorism: Finance

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre of 26 June 2009,  Official Report, column 1154W, on overseas aid: terrorism, what the arrangements are for scrutiny of the expenditure of the sum allocated to his Department's Counter-Terrorism and Radicalisation Programme; and what categories of expenditure have been established for the programme.

Ivan Lewis: To measure the impact of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) counter radicalisation work overseas, the FCO has developed a system with my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's delivery unit and the National Audit Office. All proposals submitted to the FCO's Counter Terrorism Radicalisation Programme for funding undergo a rigorous assessment process and are monitored closely by our diplomatic missions overseas and by external assessors to ensure they deliver good value for money.
	The categories of expenditure for the programme cover the four CONTEST counter terrorism strategy pillars: Protect, Prepare, Pursue and Prevent.

Housing: Low Incomes

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many armed forces personnel resident in  (a) Hemel Hempstead,  (b) Dacorum,  (c) Hertfordshire and  (d) the South East have applied for assistance to (i) purchase a home under the New Build HomeBuy scheme and (ii) rent a home under the intermediate rent scheme in each month since 2006.

John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) on 2 July,  Official Report, column 369W.

Local Government: Bank Services

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2009,  Official Report, column 199W, on Chorley borough council: bank services, what steps he has taken to assist local authorities in the recovery of deposits held by them in Icelandic banks.

Rosie Winterton: The Government have been doing everything it can to help local authorities, along with other creditors, get their money back. HM Treasury has been working with the Icelandic authorities to ensure fair treatment for UK creditors.

Social Rented Housing

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the number of households on social housing waiting lists which are  (a) single person,  (b) two-person,  (c) three-person and  (d) four or more person households.

Ian Austin: Information on the size of households on social housing waiting lists is not available.

Crimes of Violence

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets he has set for the reduction of knife crime in the next three years.

David Hanson: Under the Government's PSA 23 target we are committed to reducing the most serious violence, including tackling serious sexual offences and domestic violence. No separate numerical target for knife crime has been set but we have made clear that the aim of the Tackling Knives Action Programme is to reduce the number of young people killed and seriously injured by knives.

Internet

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on monitoring internet traffic in each of the last five years.

David Hanson: holding answer 24 June 2009
	 The Home Office does not monitor internet traffic.
	The Home Office does sponsor systems to enable communications service providers to store communications data that they are required to retain under the European Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC, or retain voluntarily under the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 code of practice on data retention. Communications data, are the who, when and where of a communication, but none of the content.
	The Home Office spend on these systems over the last five years is shown as follows.
	
		
			   
			   ATCSA  EUDRD 
			 2004-05 84,582.23  
			 2005-06 770,800.00  
			 2006-07 5,282,100.90  
			 2007-08 5,714,045.00 2,632,450.00 
			 2008-09 3,567,121.25 6,608,406.48

Financial Services Authority: Communication Service Providers

Eleanor Laing: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many requests for communications data were made by the Financial Services Authority to communication service providers (CSPs) under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 in  (a) 2001,  (b) 2002,  (c) 2003,  (d) 2004,  (e) 2005,  (f) 2006,  (g) 2007 and  (h) 2008; and how many of these requests resulted in the requested communications data being disclosed by the relevant CSP.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The matter raised in this question is the responsibility of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). whose day-to-day operations are independent from Government control and influence. I understand that the FSA will write to the hon. Member directly.

Financial Services: Eligibility

Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of those over 65 years of age who have been disqualified from eligibility for financial services on the grounds of age.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Government Equalities Office 2007 consultation A Framework for Fairness found that some people were unhappy about how age is used in financial services products, mostly in respect of older people's experience of travel and motor insurance.
	After the Framework for Fairness consultation and the report of the expert's working group on age discrimination in financial services, Government commissioned research from Oxera on the use of age-based practices in financial services. This was published by the Government Equalities Office on 29 June 2009 alongside Ending age discrimination in services and public functionsa consultation, and concluded that, although some people have real problems with finding and buying suitable insurance policies, no age group is excluded from motor or travel insurance markets on the grounds of age.

Taxation: Valuation Office

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many inheritance tax valuations were challenged by the Valuation Office Agency in each of the last three years.

Stephen Timms: The number of inheritance tax cases in which the valuations submitted by taxpayers were adjusted following a challenge by the Valuation Office Agency were 3,644 in 2008-09, 5,783 in 2007-08 and 6,318 in 2006-07. The Agency's caseworkers are required to act in an impartial manner and only challenge valuations where it is considered that the figure adopted by the parties is not supported by market evidence. The fluctuations in these figures reflect changes in the total volume of cases.

Climate Change: Public Awareness

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the level of awareness among the public of the consequences of climate change.

Joan Ruddock: In March 2009, as part of the Act on CO2 Campaign, our independent research showed that about 90 per cent. of those consulted indicated that they were aware of climate change.
	Recent qualitative research studies, commissioned separately by the Department for Transport, and by my Department, probed what people actually know, and suggested that levels of literacy about climate change are low and fragmented.

Smart Meters

Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent progress his Department has made on the national roll-out of smart meters.

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the introduction of smart meters; and if he will make a statement.

David Kidney: Last year the Government announced their intention to mandate smart electricity and where relevant gas metering for all households in Great Britain. This will be a major project involving the installation of about 47 million smart meters. We have set an indicative timetable for a completion of the roll-out by the end of 2020. We published a consultation on aspects of implementation on 11 May 2009. The consultation is available on the open consultations section of the DECC website. Obviously replies are still being received to this consultation, the closing date is not until 3 August and all responses received will be considered.
	In addition, officials have met with numerous organisations and individuals to discuss smart metering issues, including energy supply companies, network operating companies, metering businesses, consumer organisations and others with an interest in smart metering.

Alcoholism

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished admissions to hospital where an illness related to alcohol was a primary or secondary diagnosis at the outset there were in each NHS trust in each of the last three years.

Gillian Merron: The number of alcohol-related hospital admissions, either with a primary or secondary diagnosis, in each national health service trust, for each of the last three years that data are available is given a table, which has been placed in the Library.

Drugs: Misuse

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many problem drug users there were in  (a) Essex and  (b) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last five years; and how many received treatment.

Gillian Merron: Data on problem drug users in 1997 and for problem drug users in Castle Point are not collected centrally. For planning purposes, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse have advised Essex that they use an estimate of 3,486 problematic drug users(1) (PDU). However, there are insufficient data on the number of PDU to determine how the PDU population has changed over time.
	Data on the number of problematic drug users in treatment in Essex since 2004-05 is given as follows. Data for 2008-09 is not yet available.
	(1) Based on data collected by the university of Glasgow covering the period 2004-05 to 2006-07.
	
		
			   Number 
			 2004-05 1,095 
			 2005-06 1,361 
			 2006-07 1,623 
			 2007-08 1,762

Local Government Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which  (a) specific and  (b) area-based grants are distributed to local authorities by each division of his Department.

Phil Hope: The Department does not distribute area based grants (ABG) direct to local authorities.
	The Department contributes to the ABG in the form of monthly payments to the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). CLG then distribute these grant monies direct to local authorities.
	The Department of Health does distribute adult personal social services capital grants and specific revenue grant monies directly to local authorities, via regular grant payments. The capital grant monies are either paid directly to all local authorities or issued, via a bidding process, to specific local authorities.
	Details of all adult personal social services specific revenue and capital grant allocations and contributions to the ABG for 2008-11 was announced in LASSL(DH)(2007)2 and LASSL(DH)(2007)3. In addition, details of the grants included within the bidding processing were also published in these documents. Local authority social services letters (LASSLs) and local authority circulars are published by the Department of Health.
	A copy of the respective LASSLs has been placed in the Library and is available at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/index.htm

Local Government Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate has been made of the annual costs to  (a) his Department of distributing each grant made by it to local authorities and  (b) local authorities of administering each such grant.

Phil Hope: This information is not collected centrally.
	The Department uses an in-house electronic information system, the business management system (BMS), which brings together the Department's human resources, procurement and finance information and processing into a single integrated system. The Department uses the BMS system to process and issue adult personal social services grants.
	The Department contributes to the area based grant in the form of monthly payments, via BMS, to the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). CLG then distribute these grant monies direct to local authorities.
	The Department distributes capital grant monies and specific revenue grant monies directly to local authorities, via regular grant payments, again using the BMS. Information on costs to local authorities of administering each grant is not collected by the Department.

Local Government Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what  (a) eligibility conditions and  (b) compliance measures are in place in respect of the expenditure by local authorities of each grant distributed by his Department; and what recent estimate has been made of the annual cost to his Department of monitoring the compliance by local authorities with such measures in respect of each such grant.

Phil Hope: Grant eligibility conditions and compliance measures are set out in local authority social services letters (LASSLs) and local authority circulars (LACs), as published by the Department. These official circulars notify local authorities of their specific revenue and capital grant funding and the Department's contributions to the area based grant (ABG) in support of social care policies (including children's personal social services funding insofar as this is provided by the children and adolescent mental health services contribution).
	From April 2008, the majority of revenue grants will be delivered to local authorities through the Department's contribution to the ABG. The ABG is paid on an unringfenced basis and as such local authorities are able to determine locally how best to spend these grants in order to deliver local and national priorities. As an unringfenced grant, there are no restrictions on carry forward between financial years. This represents a considerable increase in the flexibility open to local government to take local spending decisions in line with the new performance framework. The ABG is administered by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and paid to local authorities on a monthly basis.
	For the small number of ring-fenced grants, these are allocated via a bidding process. Therefore, there are 'eligibility' criteria and compliance measures attached to the use of these monies in order to meet the specific social care policy.
	Copies of LASSL(s) and LACs are available at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/index.htm

NHS Productivity Unit

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the priorities of his Department's new NHS Productivity Unit are.

Mike O'Brien: The NHS productivity and efficiency unit has been established to work with the national health service to identify opportunities for improved productivity and efficiency.
	Investment in the NHS will continue to increase in 2009-10 and 2010-11. Departmental allocations beyond 2011 have not yet been set but the NHS chief executive, David Nicholson, has asked the NHS to prepare for a wide range of funding scenarios. The unit will therefore work with both the Department and NHS to:
	identify the scale of the likely challenge;
	identify potential opportunities for improving quality and efficiency simultaneously because getting it right first time for patients is both efficient and delivers better quality of care; and
	identify the work which needs to be done nationally to support this agenda, contributing to the overall Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention agenda.

Overseas Aid: Health Services

Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2009,  Official Report, column 676W, on overseas aid: health services, how much bilateral aid was provided for expenditure on  (a) reproductive health and  (b) HIV and AIDS in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07, (v) 2007-08 and (vi) 2008-09.

Michael Foster: holding answer 7 July 2009
	Details of Department for International Development (DFID) bilateral expenditure on projects which directly target reproductive health and health-related aspects of HIV and AIDS are provided in table 1.
	Maternal Health spend data has also been included as there are considerable overlaps in the OECD-DAC definitions for reproductive and maternal health, for example, programmes dealing with the prevention and management of the consequences of abortion are included under the maternal health definition.
	
		
			  Table 1: DFID bilateral expenditure directly targeting reproductive and maternal health and HIV and AIDS, 2003-04 to 2007-08 
			   million 
			   Reproductive health (RH)  Maternal health (MH)  Total RH and MH  HIV and AIDS 
			 2003-04 44.2 4.9 49.4 65.0 
			 2004-05 39.5 16.2 57.1 96.7 
			 2005-06 27.5 18.7 49.2 130.9 
			 2006-07 29.4 21.9 55.8 128.7 
			 2007-08 18.6 34.4 55.8 134.2 
		
	
	However, overall DFID support to these areas covers a much broader range of activities including support for health systems in general. Table 2 provides details on the total level of relevant support, consistent with the earlier response. Figures for 2008-09 will be available later this month following publication of DFID's annual report.
	
		
			  Table 2: DFID bilateral expenditure on all HIV and AIDS activities, 2003-04 to 2007-08 
			million 
			 2003-04 217.9 
			 2004-05 263.3 
			 2005-06 355.3 
			 2006-07 388.8 
			 2007-08 411.9

United Nations: Females

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009,  Official Report, column 1W, on United Nations: females, what funding to support the establishment of a United Nations Agency for Women his Department has allocated; over what time period; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: The Department for International Development (DFID) will play a full role in ensuring that the new UN Agency for Women is adequately resourced, we will urge others to do the same.
	The new White Paper on International Development: Building Our Common Future sets out our plans to support the creation of the new agency.
	Once the new agency is established, DFID will support fundraising efforts, and show leadership by generous core fundingat least doubling our current levels of support for UNIFEM. We will also support the new agency with funding at country level.

Business

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require large companies to publish an annual table showing their assets, liabilities, incomes, profits, losses, employees and taxes paid in each country in which each operates.

Ian Lucas: For UK companies, segmental reporting is currently dealt with under either UK generally accepted accounting principles (UK GAAP) (specifically Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 25) or international financial reporting standards (specifically IFRS 8). These have been developed by the UK and international accounting standards boards. IFRS 8 was modernised by the international accounting standards board (IASB) in 2006 as part of their global convergence project. The UK accounting standards board is currently progressing the convergence of UK GAAP to IFRS. As a result of these major convergence projects in accounting I currently have no plans to introduce further proposals in this respect.
	However, my hon. Friend may be interested to learn that HM Treasury is exploring whether country-by-country reporting of tax payments might offer a suitable means of advancing the tax transparency agenda.

eQuality Networks

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what funding awards  (a) the Cabinet Office and  (b) Futurebuilders have made to eQuality Networks in each of the last five years.

Angela Smith: Neither the Cabinet Office nor Futurebuilders have provided any funding for eQuality Networks in the last five years.

Apprentices

Stephen Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of  (a) 16 and  (b) 17 year olds are participating in apprenticeships linked to (i) full-time and (ii) part-time jobs.

Iain Wright: In 2007/08, 33,300 16-year-olds, and 36,400 17-year-olds started an apprenticeship. Information on whether apprenticeships are linked to full or part-time jobs is not available. The number of hours worked per week is determined by individual employers. However, in order to be eligible for public funding, employment must be for at least 16 hours per week unless otherwise agreed with the LSC on a case-by-case basis.

Children's Play: Merseyside

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department has allocated for children's play schemes in  (a) Merseyside and  (b) Crosby in 2009-10.

Dawn Primarolo: Following the commitments made in the Children's Plan in 2007 and the National Play Strategy in 2008, every top tier local authority in England will receive either play pathfinder or playbuilder funding between 2008 to 2011 through the play capital investment programme.
	On average all play pathfinder authorities will receive around 2 million capital funding and 500,000 revenue funding, while playbuilder authorities will receive around 1 million capital and 45,000 revenue funding. Play pathfinder authorities will use their allocated funding to deliver a minimum of 28 play areas plus a new staffed adventure playground, while playbuilder authorities will deliver a minimum of 22 play areas by 2011. The play areas that are delivered can be either completely new areas or existing areas which are significantly refurbished.
	Local authorities have joined the programme, and so started receiving their funding, in two phases: Wave 1 started in April 2008 and wave 2 in April 2009. Knowsley and Sefton are both wave 1 authorities, while the other three authorities in Merseyside (Liverpool, St. Helens and Wirral) joined the programme in April 2009. Knowsley is a play pathfinder authority and the other four are all playbuilder authorities.
	The following tables show the capital and revenue funding allocated to Merseyside authorities and the phase they joined the capital play programme. Allocations for 2010-11 are indicative and will be confirmed in January 2010.
	Decisions on where the capital funding is spent within local authority boundaries are taken locally, based on grant requirements around improved play spaces being provided where they are most needed and based on a robust consultation process with local children and young people, families and wider communities.
	We are encouraging all Members of Parliament to proactively engage with their local play capital programmes as they roll out, and we are asking local authorities to ensure that their local Members of Parliament and council elected members are appropriately consulted, and briefed, about where the capital funding is spent.
	
		
			  Wave 1 authorities 
			   
			   Capital funding  Revenue funding 
			  Local authority  2008-09  2009-10  2010-11  2008-09  2009-10  2010-11 
			 Knowsley 597,859 1,579,364 (1)n/a 174,768 219,516 111,344 
			 Sefton 297,984 390,499 440,174 12,505 19,829 13,219 
			 (1) Wave 1 play pathfinder authorities receive capital funding in 2008-09 and 2009-10 only. 
		
	
	
		
			  Wave 2 authorities 
			   
			   Capital funding  Revenue funding 
			  Local authority  2009-10  2010-11  2009-10  2010-11 
			 Liverpool 535,824 603,984 27,871 18,581 
			 St. Helens 528,703 595,958 27,265 18,177 
			 Wirral 530,952 598,493 27,389 18,259

Class Sizes

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in England have an average class size of fewer than (a) 15, (b) 20, (c) 25 and (d) 30 pupils in Key Stage 1; and if he will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The requested information is shown in the table.
	
		
			  Maintained primary schools( 1) : Number of schools by Key Stage 1 average class size( 2,3 ) as at January 2009 (provisional) in England 
			  Key Stage 1 Average Class  Size Number of Schools( 4) 
			 Fewer than 15 283 
			 Fewer than 20 1,301 
			 Fewer than 25 5,043 
			 Fewer than 30 12,313 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes reception classes. (3) One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census. (4) Schools are counted against each relevant row e.g. those in 'fewer than 20' are also in 'fewer than 15'.  Source:  School Census

Departmental Food

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of the  (a) meat,  (b) fruit and  (c) vegetables procured by his Department in the last months was produced in the UK.

Diana Johnson: For the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008, the percentage of British sourced meat, fruit and vegetables procured by the Department for Children, Schools and Families' catering provider, Aramark, was:
	 (a) Meat: 10 per cent.
	 (b) Fruit 40 per cent.
	 (c) Vegetables 60 per cent.

Local Government Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  what recent estimate has been made of the annual cost to  (a) his Department of distributing each grant made by it to local authorities and  (b) local authorities of administering each such grant;
	(2)  what  (a) eligibility conditions and  (b) compliance measures are in place in respect of the expenditure by local authorities of each grant distributed by his Department; and what recent estimate has been made of the annual cost to his Department of monitoring the compliance by local authorities with such measures in respect of each such grant.

Vernon Coaker: No estimate has been made of the annual costs to the Department, or to local authorities, of distributing, administering and assessing compliance of local authority grants. Information on the eligibility criteria and compliance measures for grants are set out in departmental circulars which can be found on the Department's Every Child Matters website at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/strategy/financeandfunding/informationforlocalauthorities/childrensservicesfunding/childrensservicesfunding/
	Further details of the grants covering school funding can be found on the teachernet website at:
	http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/schoolfunding/schoolfunding2008to11/
	and
	http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/resourcesfinanceandbuilding/capitalinvestment/guidanceindex/

Schools: Expenditure

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  if he will bring forward legislative proposals for the  (a) monitoring and  (b) reporting of expenditure by schools at national level;
	(2)  what mechanisms his Department has in place to monitor the performance of schools in relation to their spending.

Vernon Coaker: Section 52 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 requires local authorities to prepare a statement containing information relating to their planned expenditure as prescribed before the beginning of each financial year and at the end of each financial year a statement of the expenditure actually incurred in the year in a prescribed form. The prescribed forms are currently set out in the Education (Budget Statements) (England) Regulations 2008 (as amended) and the Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2009. The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill currently before Parliament includes provision's to replace Section 52. In addition, the Consistent Financial Reporting (England) Regulations 2003 (as amended) require maintained schools to prepare a financial statement in accordance with approved headings and in compliance with the normal established accounting practices of the local education authority. Copies of these returns are sent to the Department. The financial data are validated and published.
	The local authority information is published on the section 52 website:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/localauthorities/section52/subPage.cfm?action=section52.defaultID=58
	The Consistent Financial Reporting data underpin the Schools Financial Benchmarking website. This site provides users with the tools to compare their school's income and expenditure profile with that of similar schools so that they can make informed decisions on how to manage their resources effectively. They can tailor their spending and re-allocate resources to ensure that education spending reflects local educational policy and priorities and is effective in delivering them. Benchmarking is not used solely to focus on reducing costs, but to also improve the quality and impact of a school's services. Benchmarking is a requirement for meeting the Financial Management Standard in Schools.
	More details about the framework may be obtained from:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/valueformoney/index.cfm?action=Benchmarking.default

Schools: Finance

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  what the objectives of the Standards and Diversity Fund are; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Fund;
	(2)  how many faith-based schools have received grants under both the Targeted Capital Fund and the Standards and Diversity Fund in the last two years.

Vernon Coaker: The Standards and Diversity Targeted Capital Fund supports our aims to improve choice and diversity of school provision as part of our drive to raise standards across all schools. It provides an incentive for local authorities and schools to work together to develop capital investment plans at those schools where the investment coming through the Department's strategic investment programmesBuilding Schools for the Future and the Primary Capital Programmewill not provide the necessary resources required in a timely fashion to help raise standards for pupils.
	The purposes of projects supported through the fund include:
	developing provision at maintained boarding schools, non-maintained special schools and Music and Dance Scheme schools;
	removing significant numbers of surplus places;
	helping to raise standards through increasing parental choice and diversity of provision in an area through the expansion of successful and popular maintained schools;
	encouraging new entrants to the maintained sector (including proposers of new Trust schools and voluntary aided schools and independent schools seeking to enter the sector) and
	supporting federations of schools and groups of schools working together under a single trust.
	In order to maximise the impact of the capital investment, it is important to allocate funding to projects as early as possible in the spending period. To date, 66 projects totalling 131 million have been approved in this spending period. We continue to review the operation of all our capital programmes and any lessons learned through this process will, of course, be reflected in the design of future programmes.
	Of the 66 projects approved to date through the Standards and Diversity Targeted Capital Fund, 18 projects involving 24 faith-based schools have had funding allocated. The other main strands of the Targeted Capital Fund are allocated at local authority level.
	This applies notably to allocations for:
	supporting the reform of education for 14 to 19-year-olds
	enhancing facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities,
	strengthening cookery in the curriculum,
	enhancing kitchens and dining facilities.
	With all of these, it is the responsibility of the local authority to decide priorities for investment of these funds, including at voluntary-aided or other faith based schools.

Schools: Finance

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he plans to respond to the report of the Audit Commission on improving economy and efficiency in schools; and if he will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: I welcome the Audit Commission report Valuable Lessons: improving economy and efficiency in schools.
	There are already a range of tools available to help schools make the most effective use of their resources including financial benchmarking, the strategic planning guide, the Financial Management Standard in Schools and the offer of a free one day consultancy visit on improving value for money.
	The Education Procurement Centre is working with schools to carry out procurement health checks which help to identify where savings can be made. The e-procurement tool OPEN has been developed to help schools buy products online and compare prices of a range of suppliers.
	The report supports our position on surplus school balances. It is sound financial management for schools to retain a small surplus from year to year, but revenue funding is primarily for teacher and support staff pay and to support the education of children in school. It should not be needed for capital improvement projects given that separate capital funding is available.
	Schools and authorities must work to reduce high balances over the next two years. If total revenue balances and the excessive balances held by individual schools do not reduce substantially by 2010-11, the Government will consult on further action from 2011-12 to bring the total down.

Schools: Finance

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will review the assessment process for the Financial Management Standard in Schools for the purposes of making available comparative data on the financial performance of schools in the same area.

Vernon Coaker: The Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS) was introduced in May 2004 was and is intended to help schools in evaluating the quality of their financial management. An independent evaluation report of FMSiS, published on 21 August 2008, recognised that the standard is helping to provide a consistent approach on resource management across all schools. In line with the recommendations from that evaluation the standard will continue in its current form.
	Consistent Financial Reporting provides income and expenditure data across a wide range of categories on a consistent basis for all local authority maintained schools in England. It is used within the Department and by external researchers for modelling the impact of new policies.
	The data underpin the Schools Financial Benchmarking website. This site provides users with the tools to compare their school's income and expenditure profile with that of similar schools so that they can make informed decisions on how to manage their resources effectively. They can tailor their spending and re-allocate resources to ensure that education spending reflects local educational policy and priorities and is effective in delivering them. Benchmarking is not used solely to focus on reducing costs, but to also improve the quality and impact of a school's services.
	The site is accessed by over 10,000 schools and local authority users each year.

Schools: Governing Bodies

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on taking account of the level of financial experience of applicants for school governor posts; and what information his Department holds on local authority provision of training in financial management for school governors.

Vernon Coaker: The Department has issued no guidance on taking account of the level of financial experience of applicants for school governor posts.
	The Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS) was introduced in May 2004 which was intended to help schools in evaluating the quality of their financial management and to aid in training staff to become better financial managers. As part of the FMSiS accreditation process, LA assessors must evaluate governors' financial management competencies to establish training needs.
	We do not collect data on the provision of local authority training in financial management, however the Department has contributed by making training funds in the region of 200,000 available to all LAs each year since FMSiS was implemented. These funds are specifically used to train school staff and governors in the successful implementation of the standard.

Schools: Procurement

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make an assessment of the merits of encouraging schools which are in the same area to use joint procurement processes for contracts for provision of support staff and facilities.

Diana Johnson: In answer to this question; where a joint approach to procurement (or collaboration) is adopted, the benefits typically seen are:
	Improved value for money;
	More reliable quality of supply; and
	Better quality of service.
	These benefits are achieved by aggregating the demand for goods and services across a number schools and offering that increased volume to a larger pool of suppliers via structured competition.
	The use of procurement collaboration to achieve improved value for money, quality and reliability of supply is a key Government initiative. This is demonstrated by the importance placed on the Office of Government Commerce's (OGC's) collaborative agenda.
	Where this approach is adopted to a category of spend, for example support staff or facilities, an assessment of the specific merits to be achieved should be undertaken prior to undertaking the work (i.e. a business case is developed) and the subsequent measurement of the merits/benefits which should be recorded and reported as appropriate.
	The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) currently encourages schools to make use of contracts and frameworks that have been competed in the market place across a range of products and services. Where arrangements for specific categories of spend have not been addressed by DCSF, a school will be directed to an appropriate collaborative contract or framework which may be owned by the local authority, OGC or some other public body.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational need attended mainstream schools which Ofsted has assessed as inadequate in each year since 1997.

Diana Johnson: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM chief inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Libraries.
	 Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 30 June 2009:
	Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for reply.
	Table A shows how many pupils with statements of special educational needs attended nursery, primary and secondary schools which were in special measures at the end of each academic year since 1997/98, and the percentage this represents of all pupils with statements of special educational needs. The number and percentage of all pupils in nursery, primary and secondary schools in special measures are also shown for information.
	
		
			  Table A: Number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs, and all pupils, attending nursery, primary and secondary schools which were in special measures at the end of each academic year since 1997/98 
			   Pupils with statements of special educational needs  All pupils 
			   In schools in special measures at the end of the academic year  In all schools  Percentage in schools in special measures  In schools in special measures at the end of the academic year  In all schools  Percentage in schools in special measures 
			 1997/98 3,768 141,410 3 149,733 7,598,190 2 
			 1998/99 3,334 147,580 2 129,502 7,645,880 2 
			 1999/2000 3,153 152,800 2 123,924 7,680,200 2 
			 2000/01 2,703 158,000 2 107,374 7,699,990 1 
			 2001/02 2,128 149,890 1 91,274 7,686,080 1 
			 2002/03 2,386 150,910 2 92,040 7,677,900 1 
			 2003/04 3,566 149,050 2 129,596 7,643,130 2 
			 2004/05 2,823 145,040 2 106,672 7,589,720 1 
			 2005/06 1,932 139,880 1 86,785 7,530,550 1 
			 2006/07 1,715 132,270 1 84,273 7,466,950 1 
			 2007/08 1,710 126,660 1 85,876 7,414,290 1 
			  Source:   Figures are based on School Census (pupil level) data from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. 
		
	
	Special measures is an Ofsted category, defined in the Education Act 2005, meaning that a school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the persons responsible for leading, managing or governing the school are not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement. Please be aware that the framework for inspecting maintained schools has been revised throughout the period in question, most recently in September 2005. As a result, there has been no consistent inadequate category over this period. These tables are, therefore, limited to those maintained schools placed in special measures, as this category has been in place throughout the period in question.
	Pupil numbers have been calculated using information from the Department for Children, Schools and Families' School Census (pupil-level) on pupils registered at one school only, and on pupils registered at two schools, but using their main school as recorded on the census. The census is taken in January of each year.
	A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.

Specialised Diplomas

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people have entered for  (a) the foundation,  (b) intermediate and  (c) higher diploma in (i) construction and the built environment, (ii) business administration and finance, (iii) creative and media, (iv) engineering and (v) environmental and land-based studies in each local authority area.

Iain Wright: The latest information for Diplomas in Construction and the Built Environment, Creative and Media, and Engineering are in the following table. In 2008, Diplomas were available in around two-thirds of local authorities, as listed in the table. Most of these local authorities have been approved to deliver one or two Diploma lines. Young people have yet to enrol in the Business Administration and Finance or the Environmental and Land-Based Diplomas as these are not being taught for the first time until September 2009.
	
		
			  LA  Line  Foundation (L1)  Higher (L2)  Advanced  (L3) 
			 Barking and Dagenham CrMed 0 13 0 
			 Barking and Dagenham Eng 16 18 15 
			 Barnsley Const 0 28 23 
			 Birmingham Const 0 12 0 
			 Birmingham CrMed 43 84 22 
			 Birmingham Eng 5 52 0 
			 Blackburn with Darwen Eng 0 6 0 
			 Bolton Const 35 26 0 
			 Bolton Eng 0 23 14 
			 Bradford CrMed 0 51 26 
			 Bromley CrMed 22 52 22 
			 Bromley Eng 23 8 2 
			 Buckinghamshire Eng 8 37 0 
			 Bury Eng 0 31 15 
			 Calderdale CrMed 9 18 0 
			 Cambridgeshire CrMed 0 51 16 
			 Cheshire CrMed 0 31 8 
			 Cheshire Eng 30 56 6 
			 Cornwall CrMed 9 130 26 
			 Coventry Eng 9 96 0 
			 Croydon Const 8 20 0 
			 Cumbria Const 0 15 0 
			 Cumbria CrMed 0 14 0 
			 Cumbria Eng 0 22 0 
			 Derby Eng 10 17 0 
			 Dorset Const 17 0 0 
			 Dorset CrMed 0 28 8 
			 Dudley CrMed 0 38 41 
			 Durham Eng 0 10 0 
			 Ealing Const 12 8 0 
			 Ealing CrMed 12 12 18 
			 East Sussex Const 27 27 0 
			 East Sussex CrMed 0 55 28 
			 East Sussex Eng 0 45 0 
			 Gateshead Eng 0 16 0 
			 Hackney Const 0 38 0 
			 Hackney CrMed 0 47 0 
			 Halton Const 12 13 0 
			 Hampshire Const 0 46 19 
			 Hampshire Eng 0 27 0 
			 Haringey Const 10 16 0 
			 Harrow CrMed- 0 6 0 
			 Hartlepool Eng 11 19 0 
			 Hertfordshire Const 10 47 5 
			 Hertfordshire CrMed 20 82 11 
			 Hertfordshire Eng 46 80 8 
			 Hillingdon Eng 0 0 16 
			 Hounslow CrMed 2 49 0 
			 Islington CrMed 0 40 18 
			 Kent Const 0 32 10 
			 Kirklees CrMed 16 38 0 
			 Knowsley CrMed 0 48 13 
			 Knowsley Eng 24 48 9 
			 Lambeth (joint Southwark) Eng 42 154 11 
			 Lancashire CrMed 18 67 0 
			 Lancashire Eng 0 15 0 
			 Leeds Const 14 51 18 
			 Leeds CrMed 7 20 12 
			 Leicestershire CrMed 0 14 0 
			 Leicestershire Eng 33 64 8 
			 Lincolnshire CrMed 0 83 12 
			 Lincolnshire Eng 21 113 10 
			 Liverpool Const 9 16 11 
			 Liverpool CrMed 0 28 26 
			 Liverpool Eng 10 20 14 
			 Manchester Const 22 41 0 
			 Manchester CrMed 60 30 0 
			 Medway CrMed 29 29 42 
			 Medway Eng 0 33 13 
			 Middlesbrough Const 27 31 0 
			 Middlesbrough Eng 0 36 31 
			 Milton Keynes Const 35 10 0 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne Const 0 19 0 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne CrMed 70 18 17 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne Eng 30 24 27 
			 Newham Const 28 46 0 
			 Newham CrMed 47 54 23 
			 Newham Eng 25 54 43 
			 Norfolk Const 79 53 20 
			 Norfolk CrMed 12 49 18 
			 North East Lincolnshire Eng 0 18 0 
			 North Somerset CrMed 0 74 11 
			 North Tyneside Const 9 11 0 
			 North Tyneside CrMed 0 21 28 
			 North Tyneside Eng 5 19 0 
			 North Yorkshire CrMed 0 20 0 
			 Northamptonshire CrMed 0 68 0 
			 Northamptonshire Eng 0 8 0 
			 Nottingham City Const 23 21 0 
			 Nottingham City CrMed 4 16 0 
			 Nottingham City Eng 16 24 36 
			 Nottinghamshire Const 0 0 0 
			 Nottinghamshire Const 12 23 0 
			 Nottinghamshire CrMed 0 51 0 
			 Nottinghamshire Eng 13 14 0 
			 Oldham Const 11 0 18 
			 Oldham CrMed 15 22 9 
			 Oxfordshire CrMed 41 0 0 
			 Oxfordshire Eng 41 61 0 
			 Plymouth City Const 0 11 0 
			 Plymouth City Eng 10 48 11 
			 Reading Const 0 0 24 
			 Reading CrMed 50 24 23 
			 Reading Eng 10 31 30 
			 Rotherham Const 6 54 0 
			 Rutland CrMed 0 49 0 
			 Salford CrMed 24 116 20 
			 Sheffield Const 0 30 0 
			 Sheffield CrMed 7 36 0 
			 Sheffield Eng 0 35 12 
			 Somerset CrMed 21 55 0 
			 South Gloucestershire Const 28 56 0 
			 South Gloucestershire CrMed 0 148 0 
			 South Gloucestershire Eng 14 53 0 
			 Southend-on-Sea CrMed 4 32 0 
			 Southwark CrMed 12 16 21 
			 St. Helens Eng 0 17 0 
			 Staffordshire Const 0 36 0 
			 Staffordshire Eng 0 9 0 
			 Stoke on Trent Const 25 13 22 
			 Stoke on Trent Eng 20 25 17 
			 Suffolk Eng 16 15 9 
			 Sunderland Const 0 44 0 
			 Sunderland CrMed 0 45 0 
			 Sunderland Eng 0 56 0 
			 Surrey Const 0 15 0 
			 Surrey CrMed 14 32 0 
			 Surrey Eng 19 44 0 
			 Swindon Const 12 7 9 
			 Swindon CrMed 4 45 38 
			 Swindon Eng 23 36 24 
			 Tameside Eng 9 18 16 
			 Torbay CrMed 9 88 18 
			 Trafford Const 0 37 0 
			 Trafford Eng 14 46 0 
			 Wakefield Const 0 5 0 
			 Walsall CrMed 0 52 0 
			 Waltham Forest CrMed 0 35 0 
			 West Sussex Const 0 10 0 
			 West Sussex Eng 12 9 0 
			 Wiltshire Const 1 7 0 
			 Wiltshire CrMed 15 51 0 
			 Wiltshire Eng 0 9 0 
			 Wolverhampton Const 0 18 0 
			 Wolverhampton CrMed 0 63 51 
			 Wolverhampton Eng 27 24 0 
			 Worcestershire Const 31 27 0 
			 Worcestershire CrMed 0 25 11 
			 Worcestershire Eng 12 13 0 
			 York City Eng 0 51 23

Teachers: Licensing

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the statement of 30 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, 
	(1)  what process a prospective teacher will be required to follow to obtain a licence to teach; whether a licence to teach will be required of holders of a postgraduate certificate of education qualification; how often the licence to teach will have to be renewed; whether he proposes that a teacher should undertake a minimum number of hours of teaching to keep the licence to teach; whether teachers will be required to make a payment to obtain a licence to teach; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of administering the licence to teach scheme in the first 12 months of operation;
	(2)  what arrangements he plans to make to enable teachers from overseas to obtain the licence to teach.

Vernon Coaker: Initial details of our plans for the roll-out of a 'licence to teach' were set out in our White Paper 'Your child, your schools, our future' published on 30 June 2009. In setting up specific arrangements, we want to build on the best elements of the existing registration arrangements for teachers but place more emphasis on a teacher's record of professional development and practice.
	Our intention is to begin to roll out the new arrangements for qualified teachers and head teachers teaching in maintained schools, non-maintained special schools and short stay schools (formerly pupil referral units) from September 2010. We envisage that, as with current registration arrangements for teachers, the 'licence to teach' will follow the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and any qualification, for example a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, that a teacher may have attained as part of their initial teacher training.
	As we set out in our White Paper, we envisage a 'licence to teach' being valid for five years, at the end of which the licence holder would have to undergo a process of revalidation, building on the performance management arrangements and including other feedback.
	We are mindful that this represents a major change for the teaching profession and we will, therefore, work and consult closely with the many stakeholders here, including our social partners. These discussions will help inform the precise shape and details of the 'licence to teach' including: whether or not we set a minimum number of hours of teaching practice to keep the licence current; and what arrangements we may make to enable teachers from overseas to obtain the licence to teach.
	In relation to cost, all qualified teachers working in maintained schools, non-maintained special schools and short stay schools (formerly pupil referral units) are currently required to pay an annual fee to the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) in order to be fully registered with the GTC.
	This provides them with the right to teach in the maintained sector. The fee must also be paid by those teachers who work in academies who have to pay the fee as part of their employment contract, and any other teachers who wish to register with the GTC. As part of consulting stakeholders, we will consider how the 'licence to teach' will interact with the current annual registration fee and will be seeking the views of the profession before making a final decision.

Teaching Methods

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of implementation of his proposals for one-to-one tuition at  (a) primary and  (b) secondary level; and how many hours of such tuition per pupil per week he plans to provide;
	(2)  pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils between Years 3 and 6 who will require additional one-to-one tuition in  (a) English and  (b) mathematics in each of the next three years; how many hours of additional tuition per child he expects to provide; and how much he plans to allocate to the budgets of (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools to fund such tuition.

Diana Johnson: One-to-one tuition is already being implemented nationally. In the spring and summer terms 2009 we have allocated 15 million to support 36,000 pupils in years 5 and 6. In 2009-10 we are providing 138 million to support around 150,000 pupils in each of English and mathematics across key stage 2, key stage 3 (and in national challenge schools key Stage 4). In 2010-11 315 million is available to offer one-to-one tuition to 300,000 pupils in English and 300,000 pupils in mathematics across primary and secondary schools.
	It is for local authorities working with their schools to identify the pupils in each of the key stages who should benefit from the additional funding for one-to-one tuition that we have provided. Local authorities will be responsible for allocating funding to their schools to support these pupils.
	Once they are identified for one-to-one tuition pupils receive 10 hours of additional support.

Third Sector

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what terms and conditions are set by his Department in relation to the provision of funding from his Department's budget to  (a) charities,  (b) voluntary organisations and  (c) social enterprises.

Diana Johnson: The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) does not make a distinction between  (a) charities,  (b) voluntary organisations or  (c) social enterprises in relation to provision of grant funding. As per the Cabinet Office definition, DCSF regards charities, voluntary organisations or social enterprises as Third Sector Organisations.
	The DCSF pays most of its funds through local authorities and children's centres. These organisations commission locally, thereby benefiting the local third sector.
	DCSF has two established grant funding agreement templates covering funding under and over 200,000. Managers responsible for the management of a grant programme have the flexibility to decide which agreement template to use, based on the level of the agreed funding. Each grant funding agreement has clearly defined terms and conditions governing funding including:
	how the grant should be used
	responsibilities and accountabilities of the grant recipient
	terms and conditions of payment
	Intellectual property right arrangements
	capital asset management
	access to information in order to monitor compliance and performance
	accounting and financial management controls and
	repayment of unspent funds.
	Grant funds are never paid before they have been formally approved and the grant recipient has accepted the terms and conditions of the grant agreement by signing and returning the agreement. Funding is usually paid in arrears. However, funding may be paid in advance when a request is made and a clear need for advance payment can be shown.
	The funding offered will reflect the full cost of the service, including legitimate overhead costs and is paid for up to three years.
	Contract funds adhere to Government procurement policy, based on value for money, and the EU procurement rules. This ensures that all sectors within the market are treated equally.
	DCSF guidance reflects the recent guidelines on proportionate monitoring issued by the Cabinet Office. Monitoring must be proportionate to the risks and benefits involved.